Washington State faces significant challenges as it contends with the opioid epidemic.

Key Statistics On Opioid Use in Washington:

• Between 2007 and 2021, Washington state experienced 17,502 drug overdose deaths, with 68% of these deaths involving an opioid. 
• Since 2019, the annual number of opioid drug overdose deaths has nearly doubled, from 827 deaths in 2019 to 1,619 in 2021.
• The increase in opioid overdose deaths in Washington state was initially driven by heroin deaths and more recently by fentanyl.
• In some counties, opioid overdose death rates have more than quadrupled between 2002 and 2022.

Washington State might be experiencing a similar challenge as the national trend, where more than 40% of pharmacies do not have buprenorphine in stock, underscoring the difficulties in accessing treatment for opioid use disorder.

To address this challenge, Bicycle Health's pharmacy finder tool not only locates pharmacies in Washington with available buprenorphine but also confirms insurance acceptance and ensures a stigma-free experience for patients. This tool has notably increased the success rate of locating in-stock medication to 75%, thereby significantly reducing the number of same-day unfilled prescriptions. With a 99% same-day fill rate for buprenorphine through this tool, Bicycle Health is helping to bridge the treatment gap in a tangible, impactful way.